- •Vocabulary
- •2.1 Family
- •3.6 Give English equivalents of the following verbs, all of which have one and the same prefix.
- •3.7 Fill in the correct family member.
- •3.12 Fill in the missing words and word combinations from the list below.
- •3.13 Match the phrases in column a with those in column b. More than one answer is possible.
- •Would you prefer to be the only child or one of two or three children?
- •3.14 A) Match the verbs to the nouns.
- •3.15 Complete the sentences with the word combinations from the box.
- •My Household Chores
- •3.16 Answer the questions.
- •4. Grammar exercises
- •4.1. Open the brackets. Put the right forms, active or passive, of the verbs.
- •4.2 Present Continuous or Present Simple?
- •4.3 Put in the right article.
- •4.4 Translate into English:
- •4.5. Choose the right variant a,b, c to fill the spaces in 1-10
- •4.6. For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer a, b, c or d best fits each space. There is an example at the beginning.
- •5. Listening
- •5.1 Modern Families
- •5.2 Working mothers
- •7.8 Read and translate the text. Headline it.
- •7.9 Study the information in the text. Mind the constructions with should.
- •7.10 Match the words from the text with their synonyms.
- •7.12 Train the phrase - (I/you/he/she/they should…..) and give your own examples.
- •7.13 Comment on all the rules formulated by j. G.Thurber. Add your own rules even though you haven't got j.G. Thurber's experience yet.
- •7.14 Read and translate the article. Divide the text into several parts and choose in each part a sentence which best introduces or summarizes the information. Make a short summary of the article.
- •7.15 Read and translate the text.
- •7.16 Make up a list of dangerous consequences, using the information of the text and steps which help to prevent them.
- •7.17 Express agreement or disagreement with the following.
- •8. Writing
- •Оформление конверта
- •8.2 This is part of a letter from your English pen-pal.
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Phonetic exercises
- •1.1 Mind the pronunciation of the following words.
- •1.3 Fill in the puzzle spaces with the words represented by their phonetic symbols.
- •2. My Flat
- •3.8 Match the words to make compounds.
- •3.9 Use the proper word.
- •3.15 Use the required word in each gap.
- •3.16 Complete the sentences using the words from the Key Vocabulary:
- •3.17 Complete the sentences with the words and word combinations from the box:
- •The House of My Dream
- •3.18 A) Which of these items are in your house? In which room?
- •3.19 Do the following crossword puzzle.
- •3.20 Look at the plan of a flat and decide how you would arrange it. Imagine that you discuss it with someone of your family. Make use of the phrases below.
- •3.23 Answer the questions.
- •4. Grammar exercises
- •4.1 Choose the right variant.
- •4.2 Present, Past or Future Continuous?
- •4.3 Put 4 types of questions to the given sentence:
- •4.4 Match two parts of the sentences correctly:
- •4.5 Translate into English:
- •4.6 Present, Past or Future Continuous?
- •4.7 Put 4 types of questions to the given sentence:
- •4.8 Match two parts of the sentences correctly:
- •4.9 Translate into English:
- •4.10 Translate into English. Pay attention to there is|are where necessary.
- •5. Listening
- •6. Speaking
- •7. Reading
- •7.4 Answer the questions.
- •8. Writing
- •8.1 You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-pal Tom who writes:
- •In your letter:
- •8.2 Write a letter to your pen-pal Mary, who has just moved to a new house. In your letter ask Mary about her new place of living.
- •8.3 You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-pal James who writes:
- •Vocabulary
- •2.2 Find the term diy in the text, look through its definition and give the Russian definition of this term:
- •3. Vocabulary exercises
- •3.1 Translate the following international words without a dictionary:
- •3.8 Choose the verb which completes all the expressions in each box.
- •3.9 Which of the following verbs doesn’t collocate with the noun “hobby”.
- •3.10 Cross out the odd word:
- •3.11 Use the required preposition.
- •3.12 Match the words to make pairs of synonyms or antonyms.
- •3.13 Hobbies are divided into four large classes: doing things, making things, collecting things and learning things.
- •3.14 Match each hobby with the benefits people get from it. More than one answer is possible.
- •3.15 Make sentences with the words from the table. Say what you like or dislike doing when you have leisure time.
- •3.17 Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the list below. The difference between a pastime and a hobby
- •3.18 Complete each sentence in a logical way using the words from the Key Vocabulary.
- •3.19 Answer the questions.
- •4. Grammar exercises
- •4.1 Put in model verbs or their equivalents.
- •4.2 Complete the dialogue with can or can’t
- •4.3 Translate into English.
- •4.4 Past Perfect or Past Simple? Put in a suitable verb, mind the form of the verbs!
- •4.5 Make up one sentence using Past Perfect.
- •I left the room after I had written the test.
- •4.6 Future Simple or Future-in-the Past?
- •4.7 Combine the separate words into sentences. Use Present Perfect.
- •4.8 Complete the sentences with Present Perfect.
- •4.9 Choose the right variant among the given ones.
- •4.10 Put the right forms of the verbs.
- •5. Listening
- •5.1 Time out
- •5.2 Extreme sports
- •5.3 Popular television
- •7.5 Find in the text the following words and word combinations.
- •7.6 Answer the questions.
- •7.8 Read and translate the text.
- •7.9 Post-reading discussion.
- •7.10 Quiz.
- •7.13 Read and translate the text.
- •7.14 Compare your definitions with those given in the dictionary.
- •7.15 Speak on the popular sports and leisure activities in Russia. Use the vocabulary from the text above.
- •7.16 Read and translate the text.
- •7.17 Find in the text equivalents to the following words and phrases.
- •7.18 Answer the questions.
- •7.19 Read and translate the text.
- •7.25 Read and translate the text.
- •7.26 Choose the best answer.
- •7.27 Insert the proper prepositions.
- •7.28 Answer the following questions.
- •7.29 Give the main points of the text in a few sentences.
- •8. Writing
- •8.2 Translate the letters into English. Mind the rules of letter writing.
- •8.3 You have received a letter from your English-speaking friend called Kate who writes:
- •8.4 Вы получили письмо от своей австралийской подруги Марии. Она хочет знать:
- •8.8 Here is an advertisement and two letters asking for information. Read the letters and fill in the chart.
- •8.9 First read the model letter asking for detailed information about Safari and Leisure Park in Namibia.
- •1. Наиболее употребительные выражения, используемые в начале письма
- •2. Наиболее употребительные выражения, используемые в конце письма
- •3. Наиболее употребительные заключительные формулы вежливости
3.6 Give English equivalents of the following verbs, all of which have one and the same prefix.
Жениться еще раз, переставить, переделать, переписать, пересказать, вновь собрать, вновь сыграть, реформировать, реконструировать
3.7 Fill in the correct family member.
1. My mother’s sister is my ___________ . 2. My daughter’s brother is my ___________ . 3. My father’s daughter is my ___________ . 4. My mum and dad are my ___________ . 5. My sister’s son is my ___________ . 5. My aunt’s son or daughter is my ___________ . 6. My father’s brother is my ___________ . 7. My mother’s father is my ___________ . 8. My daughter’s son is my ___________. 9. My brother’s daughter is my ___________ .
3.8 Write down the term for the opposite sex.
mum -
brother -
son -
uncle -
grandmother -
granddaughter -
nephew -
wife -
boyfriend -
cousin –
3.9 Write one word in each gap.
1. Your female child is your ___________.
2. A person who is your brother’s wife is your ___________ .
3. Nick’s sister has a son whose name is Mike, so he is Mike’s _____________ .
4. Your husband’s mother is your ___________ .
5. The persons who are your parents’ parents are your ___________ .
6. Your son is married, so his wife is your ___________ .
3.10 Say who are all these people to Fiona and speak about the whole family.
3.11 Define the type of the family.
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We are many. All the members of our family have close relations. We live together.
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They have the only child who is in the centre of their attention.
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We are many. We share our parents’ attention.
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We enjoy doing many things together with our grandparents who live with us.
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There are only two of us. We do everything together.
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When I have a problem I can always find a person to discuss it with.
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Sometimes I feel a lack of one parent badly.
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My father is my best friend. But I have no mother. She is dead. I have a stepmother.
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They are good parents but all their children are adoptive.
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They are unhappy because there are no children in their family.
3.12 Fill in the missing words and word combinations from the list below.
1. I ___________ with my parents and all of us ___________ of each other. 2. My ___________ are my best friends and we never ___________. 3. He is a bad father, he doesn’t feel ___________ for his family. 4. I have many uncles and aunts so I have many ___________ . 5. My mother is going to marry again, so I’ll have a ___________ . 6. I ___________ my room with my sister. 7. My grandfather’s ___________ is my grandmother. 8. They ___________ adoptive children but they love them very much. 9. My sister ___________ but I know that she doesn’t love her ___________ . 10. Small families, so-called ___________ are typical for most European societies. 11. If parents ___________ , children are left with a mother or a father only. 12. She is in a bad ___________ today. 13. Family relations ___________ on many things. 14. He does everything ___________ to be happy. 15. How many members does your family ___________ of?
______________________________ responsibility, stepfather, get on well, share, mood, take care, siblings, consist, are divorced, bring up, nuclear families, depend, husband, in order, relatives, wife, is married, quarrel